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Once in a Lifetime (1988)

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Film details

Featuring

Zoë Wanamaker David Suchet Niall Buggy
Countries

United Kingdom USA
Year

1988
Genre

Comedy
Type

Television
Category

Fiction

Synopsis

Set in the 1920s just as talking pictures are beginning to transform Hollywood. Three out of work Vaudeville players set up a studio to give elocution lessons to silent movie stars who have failed their voice test.

Cast & Credits

Cast
- - cast member
    
    Zoë Wanamaker
  - cast member
    
    David Suchet
  - cast member
    
    Niall Buggy
  - cast member
    
    Kristoffer Tabori
  - cast member
    
    Sheila Gish
  - cast member
    
    Edward Petherbridge
  - cast member
    
    Rosemary Leach
  - cast member
    
    Marchal, Lynda
  - cast member
    
    Catherine Roman
  - cast member
    
    Brian Blessed
Credits
- Unknown:
  - Director
    
    Robin Midgley
  - Production Company
    
    BBC TV
  - Production Company
    
    WNET/Thirteen
  - Producer
    
    Shaun Sutton
  - Script
    
    George S. Kaufman

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